Malarkey, baloney and frogs: Sequester quotes gone wild

Democrats and Republicans have spent days, weeks, months attacking each other over sequestration with the usual talking points. But despite all of the talk about who’s to blame for the sequester, potential long lines at airport security, dramatic cuts to military spending, and Bob Woodward’s book, it seems folks outside the Beltway aren’t paying much attention. A new poll out Tuesday says only one in four Americans is monitoring the sequester fight. So maybe folks were tired of giving the same old speeches, maybe there’s something in the Capitol’s water supply or maybe they’ve just lost their minds, but lawmakers on Tuesday came out firing with a combination of odd metaphors and — well, let’s just let the quotes speak for themselves. We rounded up the best ones ...